Edward Pearson WARNER

Background

WARNER, Edward Pearson was born on November 9, 1894 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of R. L. and Anne (Pearson) Warner.

Education

He studied at Harvard University in 1916 and specialized in mathematics. After graduating he went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), where he graduated in 1917 in mechanical engineering with additional credits in naval architecture.

Career

At the end of World War I, he was appointed Chief Physicist of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) in charge of aerodynamic research at the station at Langley Field, which National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics had just established. From 1920 to 1926, he was an associate professor of aeronautics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1926 to 1929, he served as the first Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Associated Independent Recording). After World World War II, Edward Warner became one of the leading persons in the raising of civil aviation, realizing his dream of a world air transport system based on international co-operation, which is now known as the International Civil Aviation Organization (International Civil Aviation Organization).

He became the first President of the Council of International Civil Aviation Organization during its provisional status from 1945 to 1947, and continued as President until his retirement in 1957.

The International Civil Aviation Organization Council subsequently decided to use these funds to establish its own continuing series of awards which would commemorate Doctor Edward Warner"s great spirit and service to international civil aviation and give special recognition to individuals or institutions whose contribution towards the further development of civil aviation is outstanding. This became the Edward Warner Award.

Achievements

• Edward Warner has been listed as a noteworthy engineer, international official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member, National. Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Author: Aerostatics, 1926. Airplane Design-Aerodynamics, Member: (F.) American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Royal Aeronautical Society. American Physical Society. Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

American Society Mechanical Engineers. Society Automotive Engineers Clubs: Harvard (New York), University (Boston), West Side Tennis (New York), Cosmos, Metropolitan (Washington, District of Columbia).

Connections

Married Joan, daughter; children: Sandra, Barry.

Father:

R. L. Warner

Mother:

Anne (Pearson) Warner

Spouse:

Joan

child:

Barry Warner

child:

Sandra Warner